Interface to govc for managing VMware ESXi and vCenter.
The goal of this package is to provide a simple interface for commonly used govc commands within Emacs. This includes table based inventory/state modes for vms, hosts, datastores and pools. The keymap for each mode provides shortcuts for easily feeding the data in view to other govc commands.
Within the various govc modes, press ? to see a popup menu of options.
A menu bar is enabled for certain modes, such as govc-vm-mode and govc-host-mode.
There is also a govc menu at all times under the Tools menu.
The recommended way to install govc.el is via MELPA (http://melpa.org/).
Running govc-global-mode creates key bindings to the various govc modes.
The default prefix is C-c ; and can be changed by setting govc-keymap-prefix.
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| h | Host info via govc |
| p | Pool info via govc |
| v | VM info via govc |
| s | Datastore info via govc |
List of URLs for use with govc-session.
The govc-session-name displayed by govc-mode-line uses url-target (anchor)
if set, otherwise url-host is used.
Example:
(setq govc-urls `("root:vagrant@localhost:18443#Vagrant-ESXi"
"root:password@192.168.1.192#Intel-NUC"
"Administrator@vsphere.local:password!@vcva-clovervm"))
To enter a URL that is not in the list, prefix universal-argument, for example:
C-u M-x govc-vm
To avoid putting your credentials in a variable, you can use the auth-source search integration.
(setq govc-urls `("myserver-vmware-2"))
And then put this line in your auth-sources (e.g. ~/.authinfo.gpg):
machine myserver-vmware-2 login tzz password mypass url "myserver-vmware-2.some.domain.here:443?insecure=true"
Which will result in the URL "tzz:mypass@myserver-vmware-2.some.domain.here:443?insecure=true".
For more details on auth-sources, see Info node (auth) Help for users.
When in govc-vm or govc-host mode, a default URL is composed with the
current session credentials and the IP address of the current vm/host and
the vm/host name as the session name. This makes it easier to connect to
nested ESX/vCenter VMs or directly to an ESX host.
ESX or vCenter URL set by govc-session via govc-urls selection.
Skip verification of server certificate when true.
This variable is set to the value of the GOVC_INSECURE env var by default.
It can also be set per-url via the query string (insecure=true). For example:
(setq govc-urls `("root:password@hostname?insecure=true"))
Datacenter to use for the current govc-session.
If the endpoint has a single Datacenter it will be used by default, otherwise
govc-session will prompt for selection. It can also be set per-url via the
query string. For example:
(setq govc-urls `("root:password@hostname?datacenter=dc1"))
Datastore to use for the current govc-session.
If the endpoint has a single Datastore it will be used by default, otherwise
govc-session will prompt for selection. It can also be set per-url via the
query string. For example:
(setq govc-urls `("root:password@hostname?datastore=vsanDatastore"))
Network to use for the current govc-session.
Generic table bindings to mark/unmark rows.
In addition to any hooks its parent mode tabulated-list-mode might have run,
this mode runs the hook govc-tabulated-list-mode-hook, as the final step
during initialization.
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| m | Mark and move to the next line |
| u | Unmark and move to the next line |
| t | Toggle mark |
| U | Unmark all |
| M-& | Shell CMD in BUFFER with current govc-session exported as GOVC_ env vars |
| M-w | Copy current selection or region to the kill ring |
| M-E | Export session to process-environment and kill-ring |
Major mode for handling a list of govc hosts.
In addition to any hooks its parent mode govc-tabulated-list-mode might have run,
this mode runs the hook govc-host-mode-hook, as the final step
during initialization.
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| E | Events via govc events -n govc-max-events |
| L | Logs via govc logs -n govc-max-events |
| J | JSON via govc host |
| M | Metrics info |
| N | Netstat via govc-esxcli-netstat-info with current host id |
| O | Object browser via govc object |
| T | Tasks via govc tasks |
| c | Connect new session for the current govc mode |
| p | Pool-mode with current session |
| s | Datastore-mode with current session |
| v | VM-mode with current session |
Major mode for handling a list of govc pools.
In addition to any hooks its parent mode govc-tabulated-list-mode might have run,
this mode runs the hook govc-pool-mode-hook, as the final step
during initialization.
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| D | Destroy via govc-pool-destroy on the pool selection |
| E | Events via govc events -n govc-max-events |
| J | JSON via govc pool |
| M | Metrics info |
| O | Object browser via govc object |
| T | Tasks via govc tasks |
| c | Connect new session for the current govc mode |
| h | Host-mode with current session |
| s | Datastore-mode with current session |
| v | VM-mode with current session |
Major mode for govc datastore.info.
In addition to any hooks its parent mode tabulated-list-mode might have run,
this mode runs the hook govc-datastore-mode-hook, as the final step
during initialization.
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| J | JSON via govc datastore |
| M | Metrics info |
| O | Object browser via govc object |
| RET | Browse datastore |
| c | Connect new session for the current govc mode |
| h | Host-mode with current session |
| p | Pool-mode with current session |
| v | VM-mode with current session |
Major mode govc datastore.ls.
In addition to any hooks its parent mode govc-tabulated-list-mode might have run,
this mode runs the hook govc-datastore-ls-mode-hook, as the final step
during initialization.
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| I | Info datastore disk |
| J | JSON via govc datastore |
| S | Search via govc datastore |
| D | Delete selected datastore paths |
| T | Tail datastore FILE |
| + | Mkdir via govc datastore |
| DEL | Up to parent folder |
| RET | Open datastore folder or file |
Major mode for handling a list of govc vms.
In addition to any hooks its parent mode govc-tabulated-list-mode might have run,
this mode runs the hook govc-vm-mode-hook, as the final step
during initialization.
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| E | Events via govc events -n govc-max-events |
| L | Logs via govc-datastore-tail with logDirectory of current selection |
| J | JSON via govc vm |
| O | Object browser via govc object |
| T | Tasks via govc tasks |
| X | ExtraConfig via govc-vm-extra-config on the current selection |
| RET | Devices via govc-device on the current selection |
| C | Console via govc-vm-console on the current selection |
| V | VNC via govc-vm-vnc on the current selection |
| D | Destroy via govc-vm-destroy on the current selection |
| ^ | Start via govc-vm-start on the current selection |
| ! | Shutdown via govc-vm-shutdown on the current selection |
| @ | Reboot via govc-vm-reboot on the current selection |
| & | Suspend via govc-vm-suspend on the current selection |
| H | Host info via govc-host with host(s) of current selection |
| M | Metrics info |
| P | Ping VM |
| S | Datastore via govc-datastore-ls with datastore of current selection |
| c | Connect new session for the current govc mode |
| h | Host-mode with current session |
| p | Pool-mode with current session |
| s | Datastore-mode with current session |
Major mode for handling a govc device.
In addition to any hooks its parent mode govc-tabulated-list-mode might have run,
this mode runs the hook govc-device-mode-hook, as the final step
during initialization.
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| J | JSON via govc device |
| RET | Tabulated govc device |
Major mode for handling a govc object.
In addition to any hooks its parent mode govc-tabulated-list-mode might have run,
this mode runs the hook govc-object-mode-hook, as the final step
during initialization.
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| J | JSON object selection via govc object |
| N | Next managed object reference |
| O | Object browser via govc object |
| DEL | Parent object selection if reachable, otherwise prompt with govc-object-history |
| RET | Expand object selection via govc object |
Major mode for handling a govc metric.
In addition to any hooks its parent mode govc-tabulated-list-mode might have run,
this mode runs the hook govc-metric-mode-hook, as the final step
during initialization.
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| RET | Sample metrics |
| P | Plot metric sample |
| s | Select metric names |